Hacker group The iPhone Dev Team say they will release a tool
tomorrow for unlocking an iPhone running the new 3.0 firmware
update from Apple.
The Dev Team's MuscleNerd has released a video demonstration of
Ultrasnow, an updated version of the hacker group's Yellosnow
iPhone software jailbreak released on 1 January.
Apple has since patched the iPhone's vulnerability exploited by
Yellosnow to allow iPhone users to connect to the mobile phone
carrier of their choice.
Ultrasnow capitalises on another weakness in newer Apple iPhones
discovered by an Israel-based hacker just six weeks after Apple
gave a preview of
iPhone OS 3.0.
MuscleNerd claims Ultrasnow will work on any iPhone 3G running
3.0, but not does not mention Apple's new iPhone 3GS, also due for
release tomorrow.
But in a
blog
posting, the Dev Team said they will not be releasing any
updates on their progress with iPhone 3G S.
"Nothing gives Apple the upper hand like someone tweeting or
blogging partial hack results. That's not how cat & mouse is
played :) That's how the cat gets fed," the posting said.